Deprecated contracts still holding value
Morpho V1 (Morpho Blue + MetaMorpho)'s assessment for RD-F-166 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Morpho Optimizers (AaveV2, CompoundV2, AaveV3-ETH variants) officially deprecated Sept–Dec 2025. Front-end removed. Contracts are immutable — cannot be forcibly drained. Residual user TVL expected to persist as of 2026-04-27. Exact on-chain balance unconfirmed (API access failed). Deprecation was properly announced with 60-day notice and migration tooling.
Detail #
Yellow (not red): the protocol took reasonable wind-down steps for immutable contracts — they cannot physically drain user funds. The residual TVL situation is structurally constrained by immutability. Scored yellow rather than green because the deprecated surface almost certainly still holds material value (>$100k in aggregate) given voluntary migration model and immutable contracts. Curator should confirm on-chain balances directly via Etherscan for AaveV2/CompoundV2/AaveV3 Optimizer contract addresses.
Sources #
- Governancehttps://forum.morpho.org/t/completing-the-deprecation-of-morpho-optimizers/1865retrieved 2026-04-27
- https://github.com/morpho-org/morpho-optimizer-deprecatedretrieved 2026-04-27
Methodology #
Determine whether contracts marked deprecated by a protocol announcement still hold >$100K in assets.
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